Oriannon nodded slowly, trying her best to understand. Tell
them they’re being invaded by someone I’ve never heard about, she though, and
the news comes from a man who was dead and now isn’t. I can’t do this.

Summary: Guided by a
supernatural powered stone, Oriannon, her friends, her dying father and
unfortunately, the hateful Sola, are in a space ship traveling from way station
to way station warning them of a coming attack from an enemy Oriannon knows
nothing about. Sola is still breathing out threats and insults against
Oriannon, her owling friend, her father, and pretty much anyone who disagrees
with her in any area whatsoever. Her father is barely clinging to life. And the
people Jesmet wants them to warn? They don’t want to believe the truth. Most
outright reject it. Some turn violent at the news. None welcome it. Spreading
the news of Jesmet is not going to be easy!

Notes: Beyond Corista is the third in the
Shadowside Trilogy. The series is an allegorical tale of Jesus ministry on
earth, death and resurrection and some of the events of Acts – the persecution
of Christians and the spread of the Gospel. The story is set in a
science-fiction world with spaceships traveling to various planets and
scientific development being a main focus of the world.

In Beyond Corista, Oriannon has to
learn how to rely on Jesmet and her friends rather than herself. She is forced
into situations where she has no choice but to trust and follow. It seems to be
representing the apostles attempts to spread the Gospel throughout the world in
Acts. There is usually one person who accepts the truth, while most respond to
it with violence. The series doesn’t quite seem to finish. It seems to leave it
unsettled. It doesn’t wrap up details nice and neatly. However, the book of
Acts doesn’t either! It just ends with the idea that the good news needs to
continue to be told.

Spiritual Content Recommendation Scale: 5/5

Reviewer: J:-)mi

Acts 1:8 – But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes
on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea
and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

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